Conflict, decision making, and organizational design
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
At Verizon Wireless conflict is pretty much taught as the rule not the exception. We're trained to deal with conflict and negotiation strategies to help ourselves get out of the conflict. It's part of the job and expected that customers are not always going to be happy with Verizon and as such...
Case study: Sir Richard Branson, Chairman, Virgin Group, Ltd.
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
Richard Branson has become one of the world's most famous entrepreneurs and also one of the most unconventional. Known as a billionaire who's Virgin Group of businesses run the gamete from condoms to wedding gowns to travel. He's almost more known for his publicity stunts which he uses to...
People and organizational management
Case study - 11 pages - Business strategy
Motivation is described as the act of inspiring people so as to perform their duties well. There are two modes of motivation namely; intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation refers to the employee inspiration that comes from within him. In most cases, this is derived from...
Will E-commerce save the music industry?
Case study - 15 pages - Business strategy
The dematerialization of the consumption is the main factor: With the development of internet and MP3 formats, CDs are becoming almost obsolete and consumers are more disposed to consume music through those forms. The consequences of this phenomenon is that revenue are decreasing for the all...
Joe Salatino: Case study
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
It's important for people to understand the importance of how people for perceptions and attributions. It's even more important when you're in a job such as the company run by Joe Salatino when it's imperative that they're able to adapt and comprehend what's going on in their clients' lives in...
Motivation, stress and communication: Case study
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
The job I chose would have to be something within the government. And if I picked a job there it would be as President of the United States of America. I would be in charge of running the country and deciding the fate of hundreds of millions of people. I would be in charge of a number of...
Starbucks coffee: Case study
Case study - 24 pages - Business strategy
Starbucks Corporation is a leading roaster and retailer of coffee in the world. The company has been in existence since 1972 and has grown to be in over 16,000 locations in more than 50 countries (Starbucks, 2010). The company serves millions of customers every day offering them the best services...
Logistical process of Heineken beer
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
In this paper we are discussing about Heineken beer from a logistical aspect. In the first section we deal about beer in general: history, ingredients, brewing and varieties of beer. Then we continue with describing the supply chain of beer which is followed by the comparison of two countries,...
How do you determine the "right price" for tourism products?
Case study - 29 pages - Business strategy
The tourism industry currently is a rapidly changing sector. I saw it last year when I worked for a small tour operator in South Africa, African Eagle. Although the organization was quite small and rather upscale, we were looking for providers on a daily basis who offered their services at the...
Can we consider corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a mean of recognition for multinational company?
Case study - 70 pages - Business strategy
Ethics has been a very important subject for thinkers since ancient times. The definition of ethics, a reflection on the reasons for desiring justice and harmony and how to achieve these, will be a valuable aid in the development of this thesis. It establishes the criteria for acting freely in a...
Skype case study
Case study - 13 pages - Business strategy
Nowadays, Skype is known and used by every person owning a computer either a PC or a Mac, it is even available on smartphones now. It has revolutionized the world of telecommunication and change the world of e-business. This service has been provided by Microsoft since 2011, allows users to...
Mergers and acquisitions - Brazilian beer negotiation
Case study - 12 pages - Business strategy
Today several companies choose to combine in order to create only one entity. They an decide to merge for various reasons, it can be to create values, acquire a financial stability situation, improve its strategic position or to offer the stockholders of one company securities. They are also...
Mergers and acquisition: Brazilian beer merger negotiations: Companhia Cervejaria Brahma, S.A., case study
Case study - 12 pages - Business strategy
This final assignment deals with the merger of 2 companies specialized in the beer market, Brahma and Antarctica, in Brazil. Brazil is the 4th beer market in the world after the United States of America, China and Germany. This market represents a huge market because of various factors (tropical...
Ethnic entrepreneurship
Case study - 13 pages - Business strategy
The recent growth of new ethnic populations in Western societies raised lots of issues. In fact, the ethnic activity is not any more a question of historic interest; nor is it the concern of the company. Because new ethnic populations grew at the same time as Western economies, they are in a...
The Kooples in the USA
Case study - 25 pages - Business strategy
The Kooples offers clothes and accessories for men and women. The collection is unisex for an androgyn style: chic/rock of the street between Paris and London. Colors are sober. Boys and girls can wear the same things, shop in the same stores. Clothes have a really good quality with noble...
Volkswagen group- China's analysis in competitive strategy
Case study - 20 pages - Business strategy
Chinas automotive industry growth reflects on China's economy, with it being one of the most dynamic and promising industries in the country. Volkswagen Group entered the Chinese economy thirty years ago, and therefore played an important role in shaping this industry. After giving the reader a...
A study of current attitudes to genetically modified food
Case study - 30 pages - Business strategy
Since the 1990s, there has been an emergence of a new type of biotechnology namely, Genetically Modified Food technology (GM). GM organisms result from biotechnological process which consists of altering traits of original crops by inserting the DNA of another organism (MacCracken et al., 2011)....
Advertising and women: how advertisement has been directed to the US women
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
Prior to the Civil War, the life of most US women were influenced by what history commentators refer to us “the Cult of True Womanhood.” (http://www.history.com/topics/women-in-the-civil). Industrialization and other developments generated a shift in work customs, which saw men leaving...
Strategic Choice and Evaluation
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
The firm that has been selected is the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. The purpose of this paper is to identify the best value discipline, generic strategy and grand strategy for Goodyear; as well as provide insight into the combination of strategies the organization should implement....
Employers access to employee's emails, Ethical or Not?
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
The arrival of new technology has raised a number of new issues for managers and leaders. One of these concerns is the surveillance of employees to check for disciplinary infringements. During recent years, employers all over the world have implemented a number of programs and initiatives...
To what extent is the communicating culture different between West and East?
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
The concept of communication can be defined as the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication required a sender, content (message) and a receiver. However, the message can have different meanings depending on the time, the place and the person involved in the communication. Thus,...
Using examples identify and assess why it can be difficult for the multinational firm to behave ethically
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Over the last half decade, businesses have evolved tremendously. Their productivity has improved, new production areas have appeared, borders between countries have opened up and with this, new problems have also arisen. As companies grow in size and importance, so does the criticism and the...
Procter & Gamble- Internationalization Strategy
Case study - 9 pages - Business strategy
In 1837, in The United-States, William Procter, candles maker, and James Gamble, soap maker, got together to market their first branded product, the candles ‘Star Candles' (Jean Boissonnat, 20/12/1993). As their business went along they started to broaden their range of products by buying...
Forces that can Influence an organization and its strategy
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Today's national and international organizations are surrounded and affected by different types of forces. Two main categories can be identified, the internal forces and the external ones from the task and general environments (Appendix 1). They influence companies' strategies through multiple...
Psychic distance and proximity concepts in overseas markets
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
Before proceeding to explain about psychic distance in detail they applied the theory to the diversity of cultures within their group, and the particular difficulties and restrictions they were faced with, and consequently how they dealt with these issues. Although they talked about the...
"The UK economy looks battered. People don't like the outlook. They are showing their feelings by selling the Pound." Strategist Jeremy Stretch quoted in the Sun. Explain this quote. Does the exchange rate matter? Can and should the UK government do
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
The current UK economic climate is uncertain. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), used as a measure of National Income has only recently in the fourth quarter of 2009 inched out of the negative and into positive growth of 0.1 per cent. This is after a long recession which began in the first half of...
To what extent can Britain's relatively slow industrial growth between 1870 and 1914 be blamed on the failings of entrepreneurs?
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
In the late 19th century Great Britain was still one of the world's leading and growing economies. The Great British economy was mature with a relatively small agricultural sector and a large service sector. However, historians have often debated the reason as to why such an advanced economy was...
Does competition affect social preferences in the context of a bargaining game? Discuss
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
This essay argues that competition has an effect on social preferences. Two playered bargaining game is called as an ultimatum game(UG).The results of which are compared to the results of experiments in which there are more than two players, where competition exists. References to agents as...
The strategic process related to supplier selection in the aircraft industry
Case study - 18 pages - Business strategy
Nowadays, more firms choose to outsource activities and products which are considered outside of the company's core business. This enables them to concentrate exclusively on their main activity and become more efficient at it. Therefore, the selection and evaluation process of vendors likely to...
WH Smith launches 'Kindle killer'
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
In 2011, the Amazon Kindle sales generated around $2 billion in revenue and a further $1.7 billion with the sales of millions of e-books (CNN, 2011). These figures have pushed traditional book and high street newsagent WH Smith to launch its own e-reader in order to tap into this new market. WH...
